The 24th film in the James Bond franchise has been tipped for a 2014 release, according to reports.

Bond could be back on the big screen by 2014 (Picture: Columbia Pictures/EON Productions)

James Bond could be back on our screens in the autumn of 2014 with plans already being made to start shooting the next action-packed spy film at Pinewood Studios next year.

Rumours of two more Bond films starring current 007 Daniel Craig have been circulating, with reports suggesting that Bond 24 and 25 could be based on a single plot with a cliff-hanger between the two.

Writer John Logan is said to have been hired to write the script for the next films after he was brought in to re-work the Skyfall script penned by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade.

Purvis and Wade had previously worked on five James Bond movies, including Pierce Brosnan’s The World Is Not Enough, but the Daily Mail reports that executives felt it was time for a change.

As it stands the plot for Bond 24 is so under wraps that producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, and star Craig are rumoured to be the only ones who know what is going to unfold.

Skyfall opened in UK cinemas on Friday, and stars Judi Dench in her seventh Bond film as M, as well as Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem, and Naomie Harris and Berenice Marlohe as the Bond girls this time round.